IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Virgo
The Virgin
OriginAncient
AbbreviationVir
GenitiveVirginis
Pronunciation/ˈvɜːrɡoʊ/ genitive /ˈvɜːrdʒɪnɪs/
VER-go
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarSpica (α Virginis)
Right Ascention 13h 25m Declination -11° 10'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.386h (23.2m)
Virgo, “The Virgin”, is one of three constellations that represents a woman (Andromeda and Cassiopeia are the other). And to the Greeks this woman was Demeter, the goddess of the harvest, holding wheat in her hand. The Romans saw her as Astraea, the goddess of justice, holding the scales Libra.
www.underthesky.com
Virgo as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←August 1778→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031
1 August 1778 2 August 1778 3 August 1778 4 August 1778 5 August 1778 6 August 1778 7 August 1778 8 August 1778 9 August 1778 10 August 1778 11 August 1778 12 August 1778 13 August 1778 14 August 1778 15 August 1778 16 August 1778 17 August 1778 18 August 1778 19 August 1778 20 August 1778 21 August 1778 22 August 1778 23 August 1778 24 August 1778 25 August 1778 26 August 1778 27 August 1778 28 August 1778 29 August 1778 30 August 1778 31 August 1778 1 September 1778 9 Corvus 89 10 Corvus 89 11 Corvus 89 12 Corvus 89 13 Corvus 89 14 Corvus 89 15 Corvus 89 16 Corvus 89 17 Corvus 89 18 Corvus 89 19 Corvus 89 20 Corvus 89 21 Corvus 89 22 Corvus 89 23 Corvus 89 24 Corvus 89 25 Corvus 89 26 Corvus 89 27 Corvus 89 1 Centaurus 89 2 Centaurus 89 3 Centaurus 89 4 Centaurus 89 5 Centaurus 89 6 Centaurus 89 7 Centaurus 89 8 Centaurus 89 9 Centaurus 89 10 Centaurus 89 11 Centaurus 89 12 Centaurus 89
MD -90294 MD -90293 MD -90292 MD -90291 MD -90290 MD -90289 MD -90288 MD -90287 MD -90286 MD -90285 MD -90284 MD -90283 MD -90282 MD -90281 MD -90280 MD -90279 MD -90278 MD -90277 MD -90276 MD -90275 MD -90274 MD -90273 MD -90272 MD -90271 MD -90270 MD -90269 MD -90268 MD -90267 MD -90266 MD -90265 MD -90264 MD -90263 MS -87845 MS -87844 MS -87843 MS -87842 MS -87841 MS -87840 MS -87839 MS -87838 MS -87837 MS -87836 MS -87835 MS -87834 MS -87833 MS -87832 MS -87831 MS -87830 MS -87829 MS -87828 MS -87827 MS -87826 MS -87825 MS -87824 MS -87823 MS -87822 MS -87821 MS -87820 MS -87819 MS -87818 MS -87817 MS -87816 MS -87815